This is an example of a scientific association censoring its members, real scientists, for defending attacks on science. The police were called to remove the scientists for handing out hard copies of this editorial. diabetesjournals.org/care/article...

"Being moved into the Death Master File can be devastating to someone who is still alive because it can cut off their financial access. Last year, career staff warned that falsely giving people death dates could be catastrophic, though the administration overrode those objections."

Authoritative essay by leading election law expert. On how the Roberts Court's voting rights cases - now, most recently, the Alabama decision - have thrust the country away from multiracial democracy and toward the undoing of the Second Reconstruction. By Professor Pamela Karlan

House bill rolls back food aid for pregnant women, children www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

When admin scholars talk about the Court’s attack on functional government, we have in mind not just high profile cases like Cook and Slaughter, but rulings like today’s decision in FCC v ATT. Decisions like this and — what they reveal — are death by 1000 cuts. 1/8

We are not angry enough--a whistleblower provided evidence a DOGE brat stole social sec data & sold it to a Palantir contractor. Our data is used to sell services back to the govt at taxpayer expense for big profits. That is OUR data. Instead of investigating the whisteblower is threatened 😠

A new study has found that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C. had no effect on violent crime in the city. The Guard has been deployed since last August as part of a federal task force to fight crime, and their numbers are set to double in the coming weeks. n.pr/3PWDxqK

A version of Trump's ideas coming to the UK too, potentially.

Holden Thorp is an institutionalist. He's been a university chancellor, provost, now EiC of Science. When institutionalists pull the fire alarm, we listen, because the call to action he issued this week exposes the dire nature of the threat we are facing. 1/ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Credit where credit's due. CBS Evening News ran a fair and transparent story on Scott Pelley's firing, and Tony Dokoupil aired his own tribute, calling Pelley "a journalist who valued truth at all costs, and always kept alive the memory of colleagues killed in the field." He then thanked Pelley.

Knicks have managed about a 20 point swing since this post.

Blanche won the audition, where the main criterion is whether you are willing to be a gigantic hack

Trump and Vought’s move today to allow firing of federal workers sounds better in the original German. 1933: “Gesetz zur Wiederherstellung des Berufsbeamtentums”, the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, was passed by the Nazi govt 2 mos after Hitler rose to power. 🧵 1/

this is so unpopular that *Louisiana* voters just rejected a referendum last month that would have made it easier to reclassify civil servants. the measure failed 78% to 22%.

Factual thoughts: Scott Pelley and Henry Schuster were embedded with my Marine infantry unit in 2009—it was incredibly violent in Helmand. They told our story well. Years later, my unit suffered multiple suicides, they came back to cover that too.

The Knickerbockers need to do a better job defending the tall guy. Stay with me on BlueSky for more sports insights.

Trump has published the first positions subject to Schedule P/C. Of course, I am traveling and do not have time to deal with this but hopefully I can get something on @lawfaremedia.org soon. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Terror and retribution are a core part of how the Trump administration has governed. DOGE whistleblower had threatening note taped to his door and his brakes cut after Elon Musk accused him of lying. www.wired.com/story/he-ble...

RFK Jr. rn

It's not just the legislation itself; it's the chilling effect, the climate of fear, it's designed to create. Enough time in that climate and eventually people are conditioned into reflexive self-censorship

Just keep repeating "we're not socialists" and no-one will ever assume you are socialist! Brilliant!

"But now they [CNN] have new ownership, so maybe they'll straighten this out"

lmao he knew he had to defend the shoes hahahahahaha

Why should the military care about academic freedom? https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2026/june/academic-freedom-national-security-imperative

Pitch: re-release the Grogu movie but now he’s saying super funny shit using the voice of Jar Jar Binks

Trump just signed order "reclassifying" ~8,000 civil servants so they are easier to fire for political reasons -- this has been in the works since his first term www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

Good to see some solid proposals to address this obvious corruption (so obvious that safeguards should not be necessary!)

Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers as Schedule F (now Schedule Policy/Career) begins. What I told @npr.org - this is the first step of a much broader assault on the civil service system. www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...

The final version of my article, "Presidentialism at the Highest Ebb: Executive Power in the Age of Trump," is published in the Dayton Law Review. In the article, I argue that the Roberts Court has flipped Youngstown on its head, culminating in Trump v. US. Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Ellie Woodhouse kicks off the state capacity workshop at the Public Management Research Conference

ALRIGHT SCIENCE ACTIVISTS! Here is what to expect in the next couple days from @standupforscience.net: ✨ Our organizational comment on OMB-2025-0034 ✨ A tutorial on HOW to make a good comment for orgs and individuals ✨ Emergency Meeting Recording!! ✨ Wide press/media coverage

What happened after the USAID shutdown? New GODAD paper by Marcella Nicolini and Fabio Sabatini: exposed African regions saw falling nightlights and rising acute food insecurity, especially where vulnerability was high and institutions weaker. godad.me godad.uni-goettingen.de/uploads/GODA...

I think on some level Bari Weiss probably sees herself as a “real journalist” and not especially a Trump fan. But she is also, at her core, before all else, a oleaginous lackey to the wealthy and powerful, and cannot comprehend how those values are incompatible with real journalism.

Page One: “.. the appointment .. has raised alarm internally among staff who question how anyone convicted in the assault on American democracy could be trusted for such a sensitive role ..” @washingtonpost.com

They’re down to 30 minutes.

Trump had a total meltdown after losing his name on the Kennedy Center and the Freedom 250 artists quitting. It's not just about his ego. He mirrors the frustration MAGA feels about being so deeply uncool. Their attempt to conquer the arts backfired. www.salon.com/2026/06/03/m...

Very cool that the new Director of National Intelligence is paranoid and self-important. Perfect qualities for the gig.

This would require all federal grants to be approved by Trump's political appointees, who must ensure that the money would “demonstrably advance the president’s policy priorities.” They also want to impose highly prescriptive and political criteria, like the biological reality of binary sex.

What is happening with CBS shows the US media bias problem. Outlets with actual integrity are regularly accused of liberal bias, even as a large and growing part of the media is owned by the right wing pushes right wing viewpoints at the expense of integrity.

The collaborative NSF grant I had w/ @karenmusalo.bsky.social in 2016-2020 was titled "How Do U.S. Immigration Courts Decide Gender-Based Asylum Claims?" NO WAY that would have been funded now. Our un-gated article from it based on 2 original data sets + a rare ~500 immigration court opinions. 👇

We all complain about headlines on here, so we should be ready to praise this one, which gets it exactly right (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...

Summary of the proposed OMB rule change from @standupforscience.net www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...

If the 60 Minutes thing is proving anything it’s that a lot of people in positions of power think there is no crime greater, no injustice more profound, than being called out for being incompetent when you’re clearly fucking incompetent

Scott Pelley took a stand. We need more Scott Pelleys

Research shows that more restrictive policies on birthright citizenship can diminish the potential of children who are born and raised in a country as noncitizens — and that loosening the policy can improve the prospects of the generations born with the benefit. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/b...

Nick Bilton wrote he's not here "to make headlines about newsroom drama." Bilton referred to himself 23 times in his email firing Scott Pelley—five in the first sentence alone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Fascists demand civility

This heinous ruling confirms a worst-case-scenario reading of Callais as an all-purpose shield for racist lawmakers who want to gerrymander Black communities into electoral oblivion. And it’s outrageously partisan—a totally unprincipled gift to the GOP. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Completely agree with @rickhasen.bsky.social. After tonight’s decision, it isn’t just impossible to win a Voting Rights Act claim—it’s also impossible to win a *constitutional* claim against egregiously racist gerrymandering. The supermajority massively expanded Callais. electionlawblog.org?p=156541

I'll take things Kevin did not mention in his Senate hearings for $300 Ken